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Catherine Thompson

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Catherine Thompson is a reporter for Talking Points Memo. Before joining TPM, she worked as a research assistant to investigative reporter Wayne Barrett. She is a graduate of New York University, where she served as the deputy managing editor of NYU's student newspaper, the Washington Square News. She can be reached at catherine@talkingpointsmemo.com.

A professor at Boise State University was concerned about the legal ramifications of a proposed bill that would permit concealed-carried guns on Idaho's college and university campuses, so he posed this question to state lawmakers: When may I shoot a student?

Scandal didn't stop New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) and former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney from hauling in a cool $1 million for the Republican Governors Association Thursday night in Boston, but it did reportedly lead to a change of venue.

Fox News host Bill O'Reilly on Thursday advised Obama confidante Valerie Jarrett to get "gangsta rappers" like Jay Z and Kanye West to say their behavior is wrong if the White House really wants to improve minority communities.